Signalling the Link

Saturday 12th November 2011 saw the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers,…

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STAMP and other acronyms

Network Rail held a Signalling Suppliers’ Technical Conference in the Royal…

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Cyber Threat

It is unusual for an article in the rail engineer not to contain a rail-related…

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The dismantling plan

There was genuine dismay in parts of the North-East when Auf Wiedersehen, Pet…

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Mind the gap!

Any railway is in constant motion. Not just the trains and the passengers, but the infrastructure too. The track moves in its ballast. Ballast moves on…

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Strategic Aspects of Rail Welding

The Institute of Rail Welding’s seminar at the BOC site in Wolverhampton on 15 November 2011 had a slightly less technical flavour than usual and, as…

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Russian Renaissance

They know how to celebrate in Russia. The Second Russian Railway Congress may not sound like much of a party but its celebration of Russian Railway’s…

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Considering Loughborough

It was a dark and stormy night. Yes, really, it was, when I first arrived at Loughborough station very late on a Sunday night during the winter of 1963….

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